User blog comment:Robotjam2/Just a question.../@comment-31193081-20170201053520

In PBB (but not the official games) you can continuously breed pokemon and have a 1/512 chance of getting an offspring with a hidden ability. If you have the Ability Charm gamepass, it's a 1/256 chance. One person told me it took him 10 boxes of Froakies to get the hidden ability (protein), but only two eggs of Starly to get the hidden ability (reckless). In other words, a whole lot of grinding.